Merlin Cochran

Merlin Cochran is the General Director of the Mexican Association of Oil & Gas Operators (AMEXHI), a non-profit that gathers the main winners of Mexico’s upstream bidding rounds, with the vision of consolidating the industry as a growth pillar in Mexico. Before joining AMEXHI, Merlin worked at Mexico’s Ministry of Energy in the O&G upstream division. Prior to this, Merlin was managing O&G drilling rigs both onshore and offshore. He started in Brunei with Schlumberger and continued his career in countries like Venezuela, Oman, UAE, Iraq and Saudi Arabia working as a drilling contractor for clients such as Shell, BP, ENI, ExxonMobil, PDVSA & Saudi Aramco. Merlin is an alumnus of Mexico’s Institute Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Harvard Business School, London Business School & Columbia Business School and has taught a course in the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM).